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manual labour

manual labour is the alternative spelling of manual labor.

Meaning of manual labor

Noun

manual labor (countable and uncountable, plural manual labors)

  1. (US) Work done by hand or using basic tools rather than by machines; usually physically demanding but (sometimes derogatory) unskilled labor.
    Synonyms:
    manual work

Forms of manual labour

pluralmanual labours

Questions about manual labour

What is manual labour the alternative spelling of?
Manual labour is the alternative spelling of manual labor.

Words near manual labour in the dictionary

  1. manual exercise
  2. manual labor
  3. manual laborer
  4. manual laborers
  5. manual labors
  6. manual labour
  7. manual labourer
  8. manual labourers
  9. manual labours
  10. manual of style
  11. manual reversion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: manual labour (page history and authors); manual labor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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